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<p>The number of work coaches employed by the department in each of the last three
years, shown by each nation within Great Britain and also by Jobcentre Plus district
can be seen in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of March 2018 we plan to
have around 2,500 more Work Coaches in Jobcentres across the nations and regions of
Great Britain. However, the final allocation of work coaches will be based on funding,
claimant activity and determined by need.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>March 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March
2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>12,613</p></td><td><p>11,341</p></td><td><p>11,596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>10,855</p></td><td><p>9,723</p></td><td><p>9,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,136</p></td><td><p>997</p></td><td><p>1,186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>622</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>750</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> <strong>Jobcentre
Plus Region</strong></strong></ins></p></td><td><p><strong>Jobcentre Plus District</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March
2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March
2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Central England </ins></p></td><td><p>Birmingham
& Solihull</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>Black
Country</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">*</ins>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">349</del><ins
class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">326</del><ins
class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins>
<ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>East Anglia</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">272</del><ins class="ministerial">349</ins></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">296</del><ins class="ministerial">326</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>Leicestershire
& Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">321</del><ins
class="ministerial">272</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">327</del><ins
class="ministerial">296</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins>
<ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire
& Rutland</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">216</del><ins
class="ministerial">321</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">242</del><ins
class="ministerial">327</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins>
<ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>Mercia</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">406</del><ins class="ministerial">216</ins></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">409</del><ins class="ministerial">242</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">*Midland Shires</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">406</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">409</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">*</ins>Staffordshire & Shropshire</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">238</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">228</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>Bedfordshire
& Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">445</del><ins
class="ministerial">238</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">374</del><ins
class="ministerial">228</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London
and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>East London</p></td><td><p>555</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">288</del><ins class="ministerial">445</ins></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">238</del><ins class="ministerial">374</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">249</del><ins class="ministerial">288</ins></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">246</del><ins class="ministerial">238</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">390</del><ins class="ministerial">249</ins></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">336</del><ins class="ministerial">246</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>North London</p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">555</del><ins class="ministerial">390</ins></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">464</del><ins class="ministerial">336</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>South London</p></td><td><p>624</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">369</del><ins class="ministerial">555</ins></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">361</del><ins class="ministerial">464</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>West London</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">332</del><ins class="ministerial">369</ins></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">362</del><ins class="ministerial">361</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>Durham & Tees Valley</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">353</del><ins class="ministerial">332</ins></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">336</del><ins class="ministerial">362</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>North East Yorkshire
& Humber</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">352</del><ins
class="ministerial">353</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">377</del><ins
class="ministerial">336</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North
East England</ins></p></td><td><p>Northumberland Tyne & Wear</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">344</del><ins class="ministerial">352</ins></p></td><td><p>377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">573</del><ins class="ministerial">344</ins></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">523</del><ins class="ministerial">377</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">1,392</del><ins class="ministerial">573</ins></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">343</del><ins class="ministerial">523</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> North West England</ins></p></td><td><p>Cumbria & Lancashire</p></td><td><p>347</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">370</del><ins class="ministerial">343</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> North West England</ins></p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester Central
& Cheshire</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">371</del><ins
class="ministerial">370</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North
West England</ins></p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester East & West</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">427</del><ins class="ministerial">371</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> North West England</ins></p></td><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">315</del><ins class="ministerial">427</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> Scotland</ins></p></td><td><p>East & South East Scotland</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">395</del><ins class="ministerial">315</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> Scotland</ins></p></td><td><p>Glasgow Lanarkshire & East
Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">205</del><ins
class="ministerial">395</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Scotland</ins></p></td><td><p>North
of Scotland</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">271</del><ins
class="ministerial">205</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Scotland</ins></p></td><td><p>West
of Scotland</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">392</del><ins
class="ministerial">271</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern
England</ins></p></td><td><p>Devon Cornwall & Somerset</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">363</del><ins class="ministerial">330</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*Avon
Severn and Thames</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">302</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*Berkshire,
Surrey and Sussex</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">363</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*</ins>Gloucestershire
& West of England</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">330</del><ins
class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern
England</ins></p></td><td><p>Greater Wessex</p></td><td><p>445</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*</ins>Surrey
& Sussex</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">750</del><ins
class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern
England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*</ins>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">172</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> Wales</ins></p></td><td><p>North & Mid Wales</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">303</del><ins class="ministerial">172</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> Wales</ins></p></td><td><p>South East Wales</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">275</del><ins class="ministerial">303</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> Wales</ins></p></td><td><p>South West Wales</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">449</del><ins class="ministerial">275</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><ol><li>The
number of Work Coaches is expressed as a Full Time Equivalent.</li><li>Numbers rounded
to the nearest whole number.</li><li>Numbers may not sum due to rounding</li><li><ins
class="ministerial">* Highlights change to District structure</ins></li></ol><p> </p>
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